[Bug 209112] Review Request: gspca - v4l2 kernel module driver for webcams

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Summary: Review Request: gspca - v4l2 kernel module driver for webcams


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=209112





------- Additional Comments From jwboyer at jdub.homelinux.org  2006-10-17 21:12 EST -------
I poked around in the tarball for gspca.  In the gspcav2 directory, which this
kmod is being built with, there is a file called ReadMe_First.  It contains the
following:

 			For developper only !!
			/*********************/
 Don't used, Can BURN your Linux Box and maybe loss all your data !!!
 /*******************************************************************/
 Enjoy V4L2 :)
 M.Xhaard

That doesn't give me warm fuzzy feelings.  Then there is the
README-KERNEL-UPTO-2.6.16 file in the Doc directory that talks about conflicts
with in-kernel drivers.

So given that:

1) The driver appears to be a development version only
2) There is documentation that talks of conflict with drivers that are already
in the kernel
3) There is no firm commitment from the driver developers to get this module
into the mainline kernel

I'm against including this in Extras.

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